Dr. Javaid presented her research paper with title “Studying human haptic communication
in a realistic setting - challenges and opportunities” at IEEE International Symposium
on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN), 2017.

Drs. Wang, and Selvi presented their paper titled with “WIP: The Impacts of Project-Based
Service Learning on Students’ Professional Identities and Career Readiness”, at the
2017 ASEE annual conference, Columbus, OH, June 25-28, 2017.

Dr. Wang (Co-PI working with Drs. Kathleen Kavanagh, and Judith Wingate) received
an external three-year grant from the Riverside Hospital Foundation and Cascone Family
foundation to design and develop a FITMAN manikin for the nursing education.

Precious Faniyi got an internship at JEA in summer 2017.

Chris Morgan got an internship at Northrup Grumman in summer 2017.

Madison Shelly got an internship at Stellar in summer 2017.

Jacksonville University hosted FTC Chassis Build, Design, and Program Workshop given
by FTC Team Saturn, July 29-30, 2017. Engineering faculty and staff helped with the
organization of the event.

Jacksonville University hosted FLL Getting Started Workshop given by RenaissanceJAX,
July 29th, 2017.

​​Three engineering students (Yanni Cacho, Ted Clark and Michelle Espinal) served
as judges at Mathcount 2016 at the University of North Florida (UNF).

Trenton Hasty, a junior in Electrical Engineering, presented the research progress
on hands-free manipulation of virtual structures at National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2016) held at Asheville, North Carolina.​

Drs. Selvi and Javaid served as judges and referees at local FIRST robotics competitions.

Dr. Javaid’s research paper with title, “ToothPIC: An Interactive Application for
Teaching Oral Anatomy,” was published in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies,
9(2): 184-189 (2016).

Dr. Javaid gave a talk on the topic, “Teaching Focused Faculty Position Search at
Community Colleges, Liberal Arts Institutes and Research Universities,” at Society
of Women Engineers National Conference (WE16), October 26-29, 2016. Philadelphia,
PA

Engineering Orientation course students went on a field trip to Applications Engineering
Group Inc., November 15th, 2016.

Dr. Javaid presented her research on using pressure sensors to identify manipulation
actions during human physical interaction in 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN
2015). The research work was also published in the conference proceedings.

Engineering students Devin Pappas and Bryam Duque presented at FCHC in Miami in February
2015.

Dr. Javaid's research on development of an interactive application for teaching oral
anatomy (ToothPIC) got accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.​

Engineering Department got a two-extruder 3D printer supported by the EPIC grant. We aim to manufacture more complicated hollow structures.

Engineering Student Adam Hurdis got a JU Undergraduate Research Grant collaborating
with another two students from Chemistry Department. They plan to optimize the fabrication
process of a smart material called Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite.

Dr Wang presented the paper titled with "Self-tuning parts in an Erhu instrument using shape memory alloys"​ at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2015 in March in San Diego, CA.

John Leong gave a presentation about "An information indicator based on two-way shape
memory alloys (SMAs)" at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2015 in San Diego, CA.

Dr Wang and two students gave a class at Episcopal Elementary School in May..Dr Wang and two students visited Callahan Library in June to introduce several engineering products
and our engineering department.

Engineering faculty Dr Wang and Dr Huang (Chemistry Department) got a JU Research
grant (2015-2016). They collaborated to work on the fabrication of an Ionic Polymer
Metallic Composite.

Dr Wang and four engineering students served as judges at NE FL Regional ​​Science
and Engineering Fair 2015.

Dr Wang presented engineering projects at FL ​STEM and Health EXPO 2015 in May ​at River City ​Science Academy.